Timeline FX / Batch / Batch FX Preferences

Batch FX

Interactive Max field

Displays the number of seconds that the system uses to attempt a render when previewing the effect. Editable.

Add Comp On Matte Output button

Enable to have a Comp timeline effect automatically added to the timeline when a matte is output from the output node to the timeline.

Clear Rendered Memory button

Enable to automatically clear an FX node (and all nodes in setups nested within the clip) from memory when its output is rendered.

Batch FX Media Mode

Head Media option box

Select how to interpret missing information before a clip.

Gap Media option box

Select how to interpret missing information during a clip.

Tail Media option box

Select how to interpret missing information after a clip.

Batch FX Automatic Nodes Copy

Automatic Nodes Copy box

Select whether FX nodes are never copied into memory, always copied, copied when there is an Action node in the setup, or copied in a partially rendered setup.

Timeline Timewarp

Interpolation Option box

Select an interpolation option for your interlaced timewarp.

Use Last Speed button

Enable to apply the last timewarp speed to future timewarps.

Timewarp Speed Display box

Select whether timewarp speed is displayed as a percentage (%) or in frames per second (fps).

Timewarp Sample Option box

Select whether the speed of the timewarp is set in relation to the speed at the beginning, middle, or end of the timing curve for each frame or field. You can also change the Timewarp Sample option in the Timewarp Editor to override this selection.

Timeline Resize

Fit Method box

Select a fit option for clips that must be resized when they are added to the timeline because their resolution is different from the project.

Resize Quality box

Select a sampling algorithm for clips that must be resized when they are added to the timeline.

Keep Aspect button

Enable to maintain the aspect ratio of clips that are resized when you add the to the timeline.

Timeline Text

Text Anti-aliasing box

Select an anti-aliasing rate for Text effects. Auto-Softness mode is set by default and provides a softness equal to the display quality you see in the Text effect. An anti-aliasing rate of 1 means no anti-aliasing is performed and the result is a hard edge. Other anti-aliasing rates increase the sampling rate, but also increase processing time.

Default Font field

Displays the default font for entering text. Click to open the font browser to select a different font.

Timeline Action

Use Background button

Enable to connect the background automatically so that Action composites your effect. When disabled, the background is off and the matte is configured to output the result of the scene, so it can be comped by the Comp Timeline FX. You can override this preference for specific Action Timeline FX with the Use Back button in the Action quick menu.

Batch / BFX Action

Action Display Default box

Select whether Action nodes in the Batch or Batch FX schematic are collapsed or expanded by default.

Timeline Comp

Default Segment Premultiplication box

Select the default segment premultiplication setting for timeline comp effects.

Default Background Premultiplication box

Select the default background premultiplication setting for timeline comp effects.

Default Output Premultiplication box

Select the default output premultiplication setting for timeline comp effects.

Batch & BFX Defaults

Default Viewport Layout box

Select the default Batch FX view. You can also change the viewport layout from within Batch FX.

Batch Start Frame

Batch Start Frame field

Displays the default Batch start frame used in new Batch setups. Editable.

Ignore In Publish/Conform button

Disable to have the Batch Group created by the Create Batch Group button (Connected Conform workflow) start at the source frame of the background track. Enable to start the Batch Group at frame 1.

BFX Cache Life Span

BFX Cache Life Span field

Displays the number of days that Batch FX clips are cached. Editable.

BFX Setup

Batch Cache Life Span field

Enable to back up your setup on exiting Batch FX. This backup is used only if something goes wrong with the Batch FX setup, and is not accessible like the regular save that you can create within the module.

Batch Import / Read File

Absolute Frame Offset button

Enable to allow all clips imported with an Import node or a Read File node in Batch to automatically use the start frame of the clip.

Batch Cache Life Span

Batch Cache Life Span field

Displays the number of days that Batch clips are cached. Editable.

Batch/BFX Iteration

Save Setup File button

Enable to also save a setup file when saving a Batch Iteration.

Append Original Name button

If enabled, when copying or moving a Batch Group Iteration to another Batch Group Iteration, this option appends the original name of a Batch Group Iteration to the new one. This enables you to determine, at a glance, where the Iteration came from. This preference is disabled by default.

Open Naming Dialog

Controls the behaviour of naming fields for Batch, the Render node, and the Write File. When enabled, clicking in the naming field opens a Rename window. When disabled, clicking in the field to edit directly in the field. Shift-Click the field to invert the behaviour.

Default Paths and Names

Use this section to set default paths and names for different areas of Flame. To meet the needs of larger facilities, system administrators can use Python hooks to configure customized Setup paths. For more information, see Python Hooks Reference.

Default Batch Group / BFX Setup Path field

Displays the default Setup path used for Batch Groups. This field is editable; however, removing the "~" from the path results in the setups located in the defined directory not being archived by Archive Setup or Archive Project.

Batch Group / BFX Path Token box

Select a token to be included in the default Setup path for newly-created Batch Groups. Repeat to add additional tokens.

Default Batch Iteration Setup Path field

Displays the default Setup path used for Batch iterations. Editable.

Batch Iteration Setup Path Token box

Select a token to be included in the default Setup path for newly-created Batch Iterations. Repeat to add additional tokens.

Default Batch Iteration Name field

Displays the default name used for Batch iterations. This field is editable; however <batch name> and <iteration> are mandatory tokens.

Batch Iteration Name Token box

Select a token to be included in the default name for newly-created Batch schematics and iterations. Repeat to add additional tokens.

Default Render Node Name field

Displays the default name used for newly-created Render nodes. Editable.

Render Node Name Token box

Select a token to be included in the default name for newly-created Render nodes. Repeat to add additional tokens.

Default Write File Node Name field

Displays the default name used for newly-created Write File nodes. Editable.

Write File Node Name Token box

Select a token to be included in the default name for newly-created Write File nodes. Repeat to add additional tokens.

Default Action Geometry Import Path field

Displays the default path used in the Action Import browser. Editable.

Action Geometry Import Token box

Select a token to be included in the default path for importing Action geometries. Repeat to add additional tokens.